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Skykeepers (2009)

by Jessica Andersen(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0451227700 (ISBN13: 9780451227706)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Signet

series

The Final Prophecy

review 1: Actual Rating: 3.5 starsThis is book 3 in this 8 part series centered around the Mayan 2012 "doomsday" prediction. Each book focuses on a different pairing of nightkeepers and the battles to hold evil at bay and save the world (given it is 2013, I guess they won!).This has actually been my favourite book in the series to date. The lore has been toned down (which was SO overdone in the previous books). However, it is still confusing and illogical in parts and still contains lots (and lots) of Mayan lore that it reads like a textbook at times. The title made no sense to me (What were the skykeepers?). The battle and sacrifices and "bad" guys made no sense to me. The storyline around Michael and the FBI and the split personalities and the "Other" made no sense to me. T... morehe lore is over my head. Yet, I am just going with the flow and enjoying the story and surprisingly it is working.An interesting enough read to make me keep reading the series, but can't see myself re-reading these. I am thankful to them for saving the world though :-p
review 2: I'm not sure, but I think I keep reading this series just to see if Andersen can keep a straight face while writing her utterly ridiculous denouements. Given their sheer hilarity, I'd respect her a bit more if they had at least a slight touch of the tongue in cheek. Pity, because her mythology is still fascinating, her world-building excellent, and her characters well rendered. If only she could stop being so damn insistently literal in her mythic Mayan resolutions... less

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